Playing electro-soul strings like no one else

"I want to create new ideas with my music." 7/9/19 This Self-Taught Violinist Has an Ear for the Experimental Sudan Archives started playing the violin when she was a kid. The only violinist at her church in Cincinnati, Sudan (born Brittney Parks) felt like an outcast. She didn't grow up seeing other black people playing the instrument. When she finally learned about the deep history of violin culture in Africa, she felt inspired. Today, Sudan is a solo artist known for incorporating loop pedals and electronic beats into her soulful, experimental violin music. In this episode of SOUNDWAVE, she breaks down the creation of her song "Nont for Sale." How Ólafur Arnalds Creates Music With "Ghost Pianos" Following an accident, musician Ólafur Arnalds suffered nerve damage that left him unable to play the piano. That's when he discovered the power technology granted him in innovating on the classical form. He continued working with a programmer on a software called Stratus that controls self-playing, semi-generative pianos. It's an incredible system that fuses the physicality of classical music with the ingenuity of electronic music.  The Twins Blending Beats and Cultures The daughters of Latin jazz legend Miguel Angá Diaz and French-Venezuelan singer Maya Dagnino, sisters Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé were born into music. Now, as Ibeyi, their boundary-defying sound has caught the attention of music titans like Beyoncé. Finding Music After Battling Brain Disease After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to consider the things in life she held most precious. For the electronic producer known as TOKiMONSTA, music was her lifeblood. But, two brain surgeries later, Lee had lost her language abilities, and—most significantly—she had lost music. Copyright © 2019 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. View this email in your browser.  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list